first international try. the moment of his life! he will never forget that, but south africa soon did. with ranks elsewhere, makazole mapimpi had the space he needed. not long later south africa led, but only by two points. an advantage vulnerable to an english surge, and english penalty. there it was. less than a minute left, and marcus smith, england s great hope, had england s big kick. england finished 20 21 by beating the world number one. when wales scored their first try of the match against australia through ryan elias, it seemed they were on course for a fairly comfortable victory. the wallabies had already lost a man to a red card at that point but were determined to make it interesting. not long after filipo daugunu s try, they actually went ahead. but as in london, so in cardiff. this time rhys priestland s penalty would be the final action of wales year. they finish on a high. scotland s performance in beating japan was a little patchy